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.TH alias_resolve 4gx "" "Gromox" "Gromox admin reference"
.SH Name
alias_resolve \(em Alias resolution and expansion for delivery(8gx)
.SH Description
alias_resolve is a component of the delivery agent which rewrites the Envelope
FROM and RCPT fields of incoming messages, trimming extensions, resolving
aliases to the primary email address, resolving contact objects where they
occur, and expanding mailing lists to their members.
.SH Configuration directives (gromox.cfg)
.TP
\fBlda_alias_cache_lifetime\fP
Interval between refreshes of the alias and contact object cache.
.br
Default: \fI1h\fP
.TP
\fBlda_recipient_delimiter\fP
The set of characters that separate an email address into localpart and
extension. This mirrors the "recipient_delimiter" directive from postconf(5).
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Default: (empty)
.SH Signals
When the component is reloaded, i.e. by way of sending SIGHUP to delivery(8gx), the alias
cache is refreshed as well, resetting the timer for the next refresh.
.SH Files
.IP \(bu 4
\fIdata_file_path\fP/mlist_bounce/: response templates for when a mailing list
could not be expanded
.SH See also
\fBgromox\fP(7), \fBdelivery\fP(8gx), \fBmysql_adaptor\fP(4gx)
